Bangladesh
BRT Projects DNCC Mayor Atiq announces closure of BRT project
Dhaka, August 16: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has announced the closure of the capital's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. He said that there is no minimum safety system in the management of this project. As a result, accidents happen after a few days. Public suffering is increasing. Development work cannot be allowed to continue like this. The safety of the citizens must be ensured first.
The DNCC Mayor said this while visiting the crane accident site on Jasimuddin Road in Uttara of the capital on Tuesday (August 16). He said that many projects including BRT, Metrorail are going on in Dhaka. All project managers have been summoned to the city hall next Thursday (August 18). They can start work only after ensuring safety.
Mayor Atiqul Islam said, "August 15 was the National Mourning Day. Meanwhile, yesterday's accident shook us. It is very sad. But it could have been easily avoided. If security was provided."
He said, "last Thursday, I called the managers of all the projects under the jurisdiction of Dhaka North in the city building. I told them that there should be no public suffering in the development work. The project managers then assured. I found that there was no security system in this project work."
He said, "The first condition of any work is to ensure safety first. There was no work safety here. There is no signboard about this project anywhere. Not to mention security. There was no fencing on the road during the work yesterday. The police were not asked for the security of this work."
Mayor Atiqul Islam said that the roads that BRT has built in Uttara area are 12 inches high from one lane to another. He said that accidents often occur due to such roads. These should be fixed.
